Use this post and reply to share your favorite "apps". I'll begin by sharing a few of mine.
1. Shazam allows you to identify music from the radio, television, and from a boom box while sitting in a gymnasium during half-time at a basketball game, etc... (Sometimes the lyrics appear too!)
2. Wolfram Alpha is an engine for computing answers and providing knowledge.
3. QR Reader for scanning barcodes and qr codes.
As the proud momma of a very active 11 month old, some of my favorite apps are used to distract him. Fisher-Price has several apps that go along with their apptivity monkey. He really enjoys them and it makes waiting in a restaurant a little more bearable.
ReplyDeleteFaceTime: so I can keep up with my mother & brother in Ohio and they can see and talk to my kids (who love it too!)
ReplyDeleteGoogle Earth: I love maps and could spend hours looking at all the places in the world (and the ocean).
Songza: to listen to music.... I don't have time to deal with playlists in my own music collection, so Songza does the work for me. Its cool because if its a Thursday afternoon, it lets you pick a playlist based on possible activities (like doing housework or working out) or based on your mood. love it.
I am so old fashioned that I just received my first 'drois' notepad and haven't figured out any apps. yet. I will follow this one closely though.
ReplyDeleteVanessa,
ReplyDeleteFaceTime is fantastic for personal and professional use. It has been used in classrooms to allow community members with specific job titles speak to students about future professions. In the Spring of 2011, my 5th grade students participated in a Skype session with a friend in Hong Kong. Before the Skype session, I used Google Earth to show location and other specifics about Hong Kong, before the session. I'm going to checkout Songza today,especially for a playlist in regards to a jogging workout, thanks!
My favorite app that I use hourly is my iPhone link to Pinterest. It keeps my creative juices flowing and I follow so many teachers and therapists that have such good suggestions and ideas for work! Having a place to find programs and apps for the classroom by teachers already using them is quite helpful!
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ReplyDeleteI use Pinterest as well and the iphone/ipad app is great. I will have to start following you! The teachers in my school have used several craft ideas from Pinterest this year.
I use The Weather Channel app nearly everyday - especially when we are awaiting the arrival of another artic blast or snowstorm:) My youngest daughter is a fashionista and she loves Stylebook. She uses it to organize outfits from what is in her closet and then she shares them with her girlfriends. An app I'm looking for is one that will let me "shorthand" notes when I'm observing student teachers. The apps I've downloaded to look at so far all require a password from your organization (typically school system). If anyone has a suggestion, I would be grateful!
ReplyDeleteWell I am, as usual, behind the times. The only app I use is a calender. I don't own a smart phone or iPad, I do have a Kindle Fire but I only use it for books.
ReplyDeleteI love Map My Run. I can run anywhere and Map My Run will track my distance- which is most important- but I also like that I can see and save my time, calories burned and the date.
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